Summer Transfer Window 2023

[23rdSaint]

https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/news/article/saints-swoop-for-sunderland-striker-stewart

[Toussaint]

32 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Why doesn’t it slam shut any more?

It’s been risk assessed and managed out accordingly 

[Saint_Ash]

To be fair, we were always going to lose players that won't play in the championship because they were too good but we have brought some top quality in as well.

Charles, Fraser, Downes, THB, Holgate, Stewart, even Manning bagged a couple of assists at the weekend. These are all first teamers and with what we have managed to keep I think that's a solid window.

I'm looking forward to the rest of the season. Fingers crossed for January 😆

[The Juice]

Question then: how far is he from fitness? 

[Bad Wolf]

IMO, JWP is our only proper relegation loss. Tino, Lavia and probably ABK were always going regardless of what division we were in.

[Leighsterrr]

1 minute ago, The Juice said:

Question then: how far is he from fitness? 

Earlier comment I heard was October but that was by one of the unreliable sources that said the deal was off so might be just as unreliable 

[S-Clarke]

1 minute ago, Bad Wolf said:

IMO, JWP is our only proper relegation loss. Tino, Lavia and probably ABK were always going regardless of what division we were in.

Tino and Tella were the surprises to me, I thought they'd stick around. The rest of the departures were expected.

The biggest surprises have been who we've kept.

[hypochondriac]

Bloody brilliant work from Saints and hands up I was wrong to think we would have a mass exodus. 

KWP 

Sulemana 

Alcaraz 

Downes 

THB 

Fair argument to make that those 5 are the best in their positions in the whole league. Incredible really that we've managed to keep so many. We have ridiculous strength and I'm very impressed. And just to annoy Farmer Saint, fantastic that we managed to keep Che to take some of the pressure off Stewart. Superb. 

[Nieldy]

Happy with the squad and some players we have managed to keep and bring in, Should be stronger enough for promotion.Is there any good free agent players out there still available to bring in. 

[davefizzy14]

Welcome onboard Ross excited by his arrival. Prolific, strong and quick centre forward. Looking forward to seeing him play when he's back fully fit, hopefully later this month. Great end to the window

[CB Fry]

22 minutes ago, Wade Garrett said:

Signed Fraser and kept Sulemana.  Don’t know why we needed to replace Tella.

I got an awful lot of confused emojis and people falling over themselves telling me I was wrong when I said last week that Fraser was the Tella replacement.

But turns out I wasn't wrong.

[SaintBobby]

I’m holding out for Kasper Schmeichel…

[SaintBobby]

1 minute ago, CB Fry said:

I got an awful lot of confused emojis and people falling over themselves telling me I was wrong when I said last week that Fraser was the Tella replacement.

But turns out I wasn't wrong.

In effect, Sully is the replacement because it was assumed he’d leave. And he didn’t.

[trousers]

😂

 

[Master Bates]

3 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

I got an awful lot of confused emojis and people falling over themselves telling me I was wrong when I said last week that Fraser was the Tella replacement.

But turns out I wasn't wrong.

Sulemana might be?

[Saint_Ash]

Just now, trousers said:

😂

 

Destroyed for the jokers they are 😆

[austsaint]

2 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

I got an awful lot of confused emojis and people falling over themselves telling me I was wrong when I said last week that Fraser was the Tella replacement.

But turns out I wasn't wrong.

Or you could say that Sulemana, a player not many expected to stay, is a replacement for Tella too.  As it turns out, I think both Fraser and Sulemana are probably better players than Tella for whom the Club got a hefty transfer fee.   What's not to like.

[CB Fry]

4 minutes ago, SaintBobby said:

In effect, Sully is the replacement because it was assumed he’d leave. And he didn’t.

 

3 minutes ago, Master Bates said:

Sulemana might be?

The suggestion was we would buy/loan someone else on the wing, i didn't think we would. We didn't.

Let's hope Sulemana takes his chance for his sake and ours.

[SaintBobby]

1 minute ago, CB Fry said:

I got an awful lot of confused emojis and people falling over themselves telling me I was wrong when I said last week that Fraser was the Tella replacement.

But turns out I wasn't wrong.

In effect, Sully is the replacement because it was assumed he’d leave. And he didn’t.

[SaintBobby]

1 minute ago, CB Fry said:

I got an awful lot of confused emojis and people falling over themselves telling me I was wrong when I said last week that Fraser was the Tella replacement.

But turns out I wasn't wrong.

In effect, Sully is the replacement because it was assumed he’d leave. And he didn’t.

[hypochondriac]

Also I bloody love KWP. Fans need some players that they can identify with over a few seasons and if we go up now he could become a bit of a cult hero and this seasons Fonte. 

[SaintBobby]

Just now, CB Fry said:

 

The suggestion was we would buy/loan someone else on the wing, i didn't think we would. We didn't.

Let's hope Sulemana takes his chance for his sake and ours.

Basically you were right for the wrong reasons. If Sulemana’s move hadn’t  collapsed, we almost certainly would have signed Roberts.

[Hopper]

The club has navigated a difficult window superbly. Exceeded my expectations and now I'm looking forward to some football.

Edited 1 September, 2023 by Hopper

[trousers]

10 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

I got an awful lot of confused emojis and people falling over themselves telling me I was wrong when I said last week that Fraser was the Tella replacement.

Probably because they heard the manager saying at the time that Fraser wasn't a Tella replacement?

[UpweySaint]

2 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

 

The suggestion was we would buy/loan someone else on the wing, i didn't think we would. We didn't.

Let's hope Sulemana takes his chance for his sake and ours.

Plenty of suggestion that we actively tried to do so with Roberts and the Villa lad strongly linked.

Either way our wide options should arguably be plenty good enough for us to challenge at this level.

[egg]

1 minute ago, SaintBobby said:

Basically you were right for the wrong reasons. If Sulemana’s move hadn’t  collapsed, we almost certainly would have signed Roberts.

Curious that we had a crack at that winger from Villa late in the window thou. Not sure whether someone was/is expected to leave. 

[ant]

46 minutes ago, SotonianWill said:

 

some are taking this window worse than others

He's a cretin, with a long history of bad takes.

If his outset on Saints matches his outset on life it's a wonder he manages to get out of bed in the morning.

Alpine Saint for the Pokémon generation.

[Mr Brightside]

Well that was more fun than usual. Great window, better than we could have hoped for I think. Great to keep KWP, Che and Sully and looking forward to watching the new boys. 
 

Leeds also weakened with Sinisterra going to Bournemouth on loan. Bonus. 

[Patches O Houlihan]

1 hour ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Assuming no one else that matters departs, we have one hell of a squad for this division. Fucking huge strength in depth in all areas. 
 

Of course, massive pressure for promotion first go. But with a fair wind, have a massive chance of winning the league

Check out our new happy clapper 👏

Eyeore has seen the light! - good to see 🥳

[Master Bates]

We all happy and spunky now then, bedwetters becoming extinct?

Edited 1 September, 2023 by Master Bates

[Streaky]

24 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

I got an awful lot of confused emojis and people falling over themselves telling me I was wrong when I said last week that Fraser was the Tella replacement.

But turns out I wasn't wrong.

You were, they play on opposite wings, sulemana staying is seen as tellas replacement.

[Mr Brightside]

1 minute ago, Master Bates said:

We all happy and spunky now then, bedwetters becoming extinct?

Until it all goes tits up at the Stadium of Light in a few hours time! 🤣🤣🤣

[Saint_Ash]

16 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Also I bloody love KWP. Fans need some players that they can identify with over a few seasons and if we go up now he could become a bit of a cult hero and this seasons Fonte. 

Could he be the secret captain? Martin was evasive about it when asked in his presser. 

[Dark Munster]

1 hour ago, Nieldy said:

What shall we talk about now😁

Napoleonic wars?

[Master Bates]

3 minutes ago, Mr Brightside said:

Until it all goes tits up at the Stadium of Light in a few hours time! 🤣🤣🤣

I love that word, win.

[Saint_Ash]

6 minutes ago, Streaky said:

You were, they play on opposite wings, sulemana staying is seen as tellas replacement.

That's like the government argument of decorating up some old hospitals makes them "new" hospitals. They're not "new" we already had them. 

[imadirtyurchin]

On 25/08/2023 at 14:09, Dman said:

Bookmarked for a weeks time 👍

How’s that bookmark looking mate? 

[woodsaint1]

What was our net spend this summer then?

In all seriousness though, we've maximised our sales, kept some of our best players (KWP, Adams, Alcaraz and Sully) and bought/loaned very shrewdly.

Definitely a good enough squad to put us in a top 2 position come January when some signings like Patrick Roberts could be revisited

[trousers]

On 25/08/2023 at 12:59, Dman said:

 

Che isn't staying, we haven't got someone better lined up. We'll replace Che with some no mark for more than what Piroe would have cost us. 

Oopsie...

[Patrick Bateman]

8/10 for me.  

[The Kraken]

4 minutes ago, trousers said:

Oopsie...

Far too many of those from the “happy to be proved wrong” brigade who collectively soiled their pants at various stages. Some of the doom laden predictions were as funny then as they look now. 

[santolijador]

Tbf if you are a saints fan who lurks on twitter, today has been cracking drama (even if the whole deadline day ssn concept is pure guff)

[Lighthouse]

59 minutes ago, trousers said:

😂

 

I'm actually slightly disappointed that our official account has even bothered to acknowledge one of these tw*ttish, non-event twitter accounts, which are becoming irritatingly numerous. @footyinsider247 isn't an actual inside source of football knowledge? Well f**k me, next you'll be saying that 23 year old hot and horny Jessica from that pop up ad. isn't really 2 miles away and desparate to meet me.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Just now, Lighthouse said:

I'm actually slightly disappointed that our official account has even bothered to acknowledge one of these tw*ttish, non-event twitter accounts, which are becoming irritatingly numerous. @footyinsider247 isn't an actual inside source of football knowledge? Well f**k me, next you'll be saying that 23 year old hot and horny Jessica from that pop up ad. isn't really 2 miles away and desparate to meet me.

Meanwhile, it's another lonely night for Jessica. "Why does Lighthouse play so hard to get?" she sobs. "Why is the transfer window more important than me?"

[John B]

Thank goodness the window is over I think we now have a decent squad and i look forward to the rest of the season positively as there is more experience available than there was last season

 

Just hope people get off Bazunna's back if he is not up to it in the next few months I am pretty sure the club will react in a positive way.

 

Now that we seem to have a decent defence an CM he will have better cover and no doubt his confidence will improve.

[Osvaldorama]

Im on holiday with the time difference so missed all the deadline day “excitement” 

Waking up to see we kept KWP and signed a striker..  quality work saints. 
 

E I E I E I O 

[badgerx16]

6 hours ago, woodsaint1 said:

Before we all start celebrating.....

When does the saudi window close?

Worried Bree might get snapped up ?

[badgerx16]

6 hours ago, SaintBobby said:

I’m holding out for Kasper Schmeichel…

Holding what out ?

[saintwbu]

Another sign of the clubs change in approach is to keep a player in Che who is out of contract in 12 months. Normally it’s been a case of getting whatever we can for whoever we can. An exciting season ahead hopefully.

[Sheaf Saint]

7 hours ago, CB Fry said:

 

The suggestion was we would buy/loan someone else on the wing, i didn't think we would. We didn't.

Let's hope Sulemana takes his chance for his sake and ours.

Not for want of trying though. We tried to do a deal for Roberts, and when that fell through late on we tried to hijack the transfer of the Villa lad to Hull. 

So it wasn't an outright untruth when RM said Tella would be replaced. He just could have worded it better to avoid nitpicky people on Internet forums taking him literally and using our failure to do a deal as a stick to beat him/the club with